English

Alternative forms

• workyday (obsolete)

Adjective

workaday ‎(comparative more workaday, superlative most workaday)

1. suitable for everyday use
2. mundane or commonplace

Quotations

• 1916, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p. 102:

  A retreat, my dear boys, signifies a withdrawal for a while from the cares of our life, the cares of this workaday world, in order to examine the state of our conscience, to reflect on the mysteries of holy religion and to understand better why we are here in this world."

Related terms

• workday

References

1. ↑ “workaday” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).